NCARB A.R.E. Prep
Pass the NCARB A.R.E. Architect’s Licensing Exams!
It requires a lot of organization and even more rigor to pass these beastly exams. Especially the PA/PPD/PDD series. These tools will help you visually organize the information that you’ve collected, and have yet to learn, in order to better prepare you for your upcoming exam. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor!
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Project Planning & Design (PPD): Visual Review Deck & Resource Spreadsheet
This is a collection of my custom-created visual review material specific to studying for and passing my Project Planning & Design (PPD) NCARB Exam. The content is original artwork of visual cues for understanding exam content, with cited sources of referenced material. Any resource borrowed or referenced contains a cited source and often even a link to the source. Enjoy!
Programming & Analysis (PA): Visual Review Deck, Practice Questions & Comprehensive Resource Breakdown
This review deck covers major topics, separated by exam section, illustrated through helpful visuals. Topics include ADA, Environmental Site Analyses, HVAC types and much more. — The included spreadsheet breaks down the content that you are expected to know as provided by ARE as a primary source, aggregated from the the NCARB Community forums, and other acknowledged third parties.
Nutshell 🌰 Historic Preservation Treatments
Reading the various primary sources of the NCARB ARE exams is no small task. Among them is understanding and differentiating the historic treatments outlined in The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties — Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring & Reconstructing Historic Buildings from the National Parks Service
This simple 5-page PDF breaks it down concretely and comprehensively, focusing on the distinguishing characteristics of each.
PDD: Exam Breakdown & Performance Spreadsheet
This spreadsheet breaks down the content that you are expected to know as provided by ARE as a primary source, aggregated from the the NCARB Community forums, and other acknowledged third parties.